Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 01, 2016 |
reported referred to codes |
May 27, 2016 |
print number 8629a |
May 27, 2016 |
amend (t) and recommit to environmental conservation |
Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Dec 23, 2015 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Assembly Bill A8629A
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
PRETLOW
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
Jeffrey Dinowitz
Michael G. Miller
Diana Richardson
Thomas Abinanti
multi-Sponsors
Vivian Cook
Deborah Glick
Earlene Hooper
Annette Robinson
2015-A8629 - Details
2015-A8629 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8629 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y December 23, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to prohibiting the sale of genetically modified salmon THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 11-1703 of the environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows: 8. THE SALE OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED SALMON SHALL BE PROHIBITED IN THIS STATE. UNDER THIS SECTION, GENETICALLY MODIFIED SALMON MEANS A SALMON THAT HAS BEEN ALTERED USING GENETIC ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13259-01-5
co-Sponsors
Jeffrey Dinowitz
Michael G. Miller
Diana Richardson
Thomas Abinanti
multi-Sponsors
Vivian Cook
Deborah Glick
Earlene Hooper
Annette Robinson
2015-A8629A (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-A8629A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8629--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y December 23, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW, DINOWITZ, MILLER, RICHARDSON, ABINANTI, RIVERA, COLTON, BICHOTTE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, GLICK, HOOPER, ROBINSON, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- recommitted to the Commit- tee on Environmental Conservation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to prohibiting the sale of live genetically modified salmon THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 11-1703 of the environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows: 8. NO PERSON SHALL SELL OR KNOWINGLY INTRODUCE INTO A FREE-LIVING STATE, LIVE GENETICALLY MODIFIED SALMON. UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION, GENET- ICALLY MODIFIED SALMON SHALL MEAN PRODUCED FROM OR WITH AN ORGANISM OR ORGANISMS WITH GENETICS ALTERED MATERIALLY THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF: (A) IN VITRO NUCLEIC ACID TECHNIQUES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO RECOMBINANT DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID (DNA) TECHNIQUES AND THE DIRECT INJECTION OF NUCLEIC ACID INTO CELLS OR ORGANELLES; OR (B) THE FUSION OF CELLS BEYOND THE TAXONOMIC FAMILY THAT OVERCOMES NATURAL PHYSIOLOGICAL, REPRODUCTIVE, OR RECOMBINANT BARRIERS AND THAT ARE NOT TECHNIQUES USED IN TRADITIONAL BREEDING AND SELECTION. S 2. Subdivision 3 of section 11-1911 of the environmental conserva- tion law is amended to read as follows: 3. No person shall release any species of fish into a farm fish pond unless permission to do so is first obtained from the department. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL THE DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZE THE INTRODUCTION OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SALMON AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVI- SION EIGHT OF SECTION 11-1708 OF THIS ARTICLE. S 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13259-02-6
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